ICC convicts former Janjaweed militia leader
6/10/2025: The International Criminal Court has convicted Ali Kosheib on charges involving war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2003 and 2004 in West Darfur. Human Rights Watch calls on governments to condemn US moves against the ICC - which provides a court of last resort, when all other avenues to justice are blocked.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Two thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans
5/10/2025: New research by Oxfam and CARE Climate Justice Centre finds that nearly two thirds of climate finance was made as loans, often at standard rates of interest without concessions. Developed nations are profiting from these loans even as the impacts of fossil fuelled climate disasters on the poorest countries intensify.
Source: Oxfam International
Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy
3/10/2025: Climate litigation is now being pursued across more countries than ever before, according to a new report. Climate litigation has evolved into a powerful global tool for advancing climate action, covering virtually all aspects of climate governance.
Source: UN Environment Programme
Mali’s blocked transition: five years of deepening authoritarianism
3/10/2025: The military junta has dismantled Mali’s democratic foundations, five years after seizing power with promises of swift reform. Instead, sweeping decrees have outlawed political parties and dissolved all organised opposition. Civil society groups and independent media have been largely silenced.
Source: Inter Press Service
Vendetta in Democratic Republic of Congo
1/10/2025: A Congolese military court’s conviction and death sentence imposed on former President Joseph Kabila, for charges ranging from treason to war crimes, pose a threat to both the rule of law and the country’s democratic future. The military court tried Kabila in absentia and without defense counsel, in violation of the right to a fair trial under international human rights law.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Nuclear testing threats are returning, warns UN chief
30/9/2025: As rumours grow that the unpredictable Trump administration is contemplating a resumption of nuclear tests, the UN Secretary-General has called on every State to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. This would end once and for all the enduring harm of poisoned lands and chronic illness caused by tests.
Source: Inter Press Service
Time to build a better system for food aid
30/9/2025: Despite decades of international commitments to reduce global hunger, projections show that progress has stalled. We need to move away from the outdated and inefficient approach to emergency food aid, and toward more anticipatory, collaborative, and resilient local food systems.
Source: Devex
UN appeals to all parties to commit to US Gaza peace plan
30/9/2025: The UN Secretary-General has acknowledged the important role played by Arab and Muslim States in creating a peace proposal for Gaza that has been accepted by Israel. Unfettered humanitarian access across Gaza will depend on support from all parties.
Source: UN News
Rohingya repatriation ‘catastrophic’ under existing conditions in Myanmar
29/9/2025: Amnesty International has warned against premature decisions to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. Conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State are unsafe for return, due to forced labour, food and health crises, and escalating armed conflict.
Source: Amnesty International
UN ends high-level week with calls for action on peace, climate and UN reform
29/9/2025: At the close of its 80th session, UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock called on nations to convert the week’s momentum into concrete action. She invoked the UN’s founding in the wake of World War Two and its mission “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”
Source: UN News